FYI…UCSF in the News is a daily summary of news stories published worldwide that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University.  To read the full news story, click the individual headlines listed below.

On the second Wednesday of each month, FYI…UCSF in the News includes an additional "Research Roundup" section that lists research papers authored by UCSF faculty and published in the journals Cell, Health Services Research, JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM, Nursing Research, and Science.

UCSF PRINT AND ONLINE COVERAGE

  • UCSF, Pfizer sign collaborative research deal (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "UC San Francisco and drug giant Pfizer Inc. are embarking on a novel, broad-ranging research collaboration that will provide up to $9.5 million in funding for university studies that could lead to new drugs or biomedical tools. ... Pfizer started negotiations about six months ago with UCSF and its unit at QB3, the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, a multidisciplinary center based at UCSF's new Mission Bay campus. ... Dr. Daniel Santi, a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, and QB3 Director Regis Kelly will head the UCSF team that will manage the collaborative effort with Pfizer."
  • New Treatment Shows Promise for Excessive Drinking (U.S. News & World Report)
    Dorit Ron and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center report in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they have developed a drug treatment for alcoholism proved successful in rats, that prevents excessive drinking and drinking relapse.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • High-resolution microscope creates 3-D images of small cell structures never seen before (KSFY-TV CH 13 (ABC) Sioux Falls/Mitchell)
    ABC local stations in South Dakota and Illinois reported in evening news broadcasts on Monday, June 9, that a new three-dimensional video developed by John Sedat and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, and researchers in Germany provides the clearest view inside a cell's nucleus ever seen with a microscope. --- “We're on the early phases of a revolution with light microscopy,” said Dr. Sedat. “This information will be critical in understanding why cancer is such a problem and why birth defects are a major problem." --- New Scientitst story with YouTube video: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14068-nanoscope-peers-beyond-the-limits-of-light.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14068 Sedat paper in Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5881/1332

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Computer Security: A Call to Action for Every One of Us (UCSF Today)
    In the past two months, UCSF has announced two security breaches, both of which had the potential to expose sensitive and private patient information to the outside world. Those breaches were very different and they have led to a renewed effort to tackle computer security across the UCSF community. Each member of the UCSF community is responsible for the security and protection of electronic Information Resources.
  • Pfizer and UCSF form alliance to advance a broad range of research (UCSF Today)
    In a novel experiment to advance new drug discovery and development, as well as stimulate basic research, Pfizer, Inc. and UCSF have launched a collaboration that spans many disciplines, several UC campuses and multiple Pfizer research units.
  • Three Campus GLBT Leaders to Receive Chancellor’s Award (UCSF Today)
    The campus community is invited to attend the annual presentation of the Chancellor’s Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and/or Transgender Leadership (GLBT). The event takes place on Monday, June 16 from noon to 1 p.m. in the UCSF School of Nursing, room 225 on the Parnassus campus.